On what date did Emily Brontë die?

Emily Brontë died on 19 December 1848. She was 30 years old and died at the Brontë family home in Haworth, Yorkshire, only about a year after the publication of her novel Wuthering Heights.

Her final illness followed the death of her brother Branwell in September 1848. Contemporary accounts describe a severe cold that developed into inflammation of the lungs; tuberculosis has also been suggested. Emily resisted medical treatment for much of her illness, but agreed to see a doctor on the morning of her death, when her condition had already become critical.

Emily was the fifth of six Brontë children and spent most of her life in Haworth. She published poetry under the pen name Ellis Bell and became famous posthumously for Wuthering Heights. A common mix-up is 24 September 1848, which was the date Branwell Brontë died, not Emily. Her sisters Charlotte and Anne also died young: Anne in 1849 and Charlotte in 1855.